Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Asterales > Family Compositae > Tribe Cardueae > Genus Carthamus

Carthamus caeruleus L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Carthamus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Carduncellus*	Adans.	heterotypic synonym
*Carthamoides*	Wolf	heterotypic synonym
*Durandoa*	Pomel	heterotypic synonym
*Femeniasia*	Susanna	heterotypic synonym
*Kentrophyllum*	DC.	heterotypic synonym
*Lamottea*	Pomel	heterotypic synonym
*Phonus*	Hill	heterotypic synonym
*Carthamus arborescens*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus atractyloides*	(Pomel) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus balearicus*	(J. J. Rodr.) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus boissieri*	Halácsy	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus caeruleus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus calvus*	(Boiss. & Reut.) Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus carduncellus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus carthamoides*	(Pomel) Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus catrouxii*	(Maire) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus cespitosus*	(Batt.) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus chouletteanus*	(Pomel) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus dentatus*	(Forssk.) Vahl	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus dianius*	(Webb) Coincy	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus duvauxii*	(Batt. & Trab.) Prain	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus eriocephalus*	(Boiss.) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus fruticosus*	Maire	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus glaucus*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus gypsicola*	Iljin	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus helenioides*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus hispanicus*	(DC.) Sch. Bip.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus lanatus aggr.*		taxonomically included in
*Carthamus leucocaulos*	Sm.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus mareoticus*	Delile	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus matritensis*	(Pau) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus mitissimus*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus multifidus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus nitidus*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus oxyacantha*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus pectinatus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus persicus*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus pinnatus*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus plumosus*	(Pomel) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus pomelianus*	(Batt.) Prain	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus reboudianus*	(Batt.) Prain	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus rechingeri*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus rhaponticoides*	(Pomel) Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus rhiphaeus*	Font Quer & Pau	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus strictus*	(Pomel) Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus tamamschjanae*	Gabrieljan	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus tenuis*	(Boiss. & C. I. Blanche) Bornm.	taxonomically included in
*Carthamus tinctorius*	L.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Carduncellus caeruleus*	(L.) C. Presl	homotypic synonym
*Kentrophyllum caeruleum*	(L.) Godr. & Gren.	homotypic synonym
*Onobroma caerulea*	(L.) Gaertn.	homotypic synonym
*Carduncellus caeruleus subsp. tingitanus*	(L.) Rivas Goday & Rivas Mart.	heterotypic synonym
*Carduncellus tingitanus*	(L.) C. Presl	heterotypic synonym
*Carthamus caeruleus subsp. tingitanus*	(L.) Giardina, Raimondo & Spadaro	heterotypic synonym
*Carthamus tingitanus*	L.	heterotypic synonym
*Carthamus coeruleus*		orthographic variant

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Arabic: خُشْروف أَزْرَق sources: Nehmé, M. 2000: Dictionnaire Etymologique de la Flore du Liban

English: Blue Thistle sources: Haslam, S. M., Sell, P. D. & Wolsely, P. A. 1977: A Flora of the Maltese Islands. – Msida

French: Cardoncelle bleue; Cardoncelle bleue sources: 2006: Tela Botanica, Le réseau de la botanique francophone – http://www.tela-botanica.org/;Gamisans, J. 2007: Flora Corsica